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C. P. GLAGGEN.

SOFABED.

Patented July 14, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARL F. GLA'GGEN, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

SOFA- BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,176, dated uly 14, 1885.

Application filed May 19, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL F. GLAGGEN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sofa-Beds; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to-the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of sofabeds in which the back of the sofa is hinged, to admit of being turned down toa level with the seat.

It consists in the combination, with the frame of the sofa and with an auxiliary frame or drawer adapted to slide in and out at the rear, and to afiord, when drawn out, a'support for the hinged back when let down, of inwardly-folding pieces hinged to the ends of the auxiliary frame to match, when opened up, the fixed end piece of the sofa, and of springactuated catches or retaining-latches adapted to confine the back of the sofa in its elevated position, and to be struck andthrown back by the auxiliary end pieces when they are opened out, t6 complete the ends of the bed, and thereby allow the back to swing down to the level of the seat.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is aview of the sofa in perspective from the rear, with the auxiliary supporting frame or drawer for the back drawn out and one of the end pieces in said frame partly thrown up. Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the sofa, the

position of the auxiliary frame when drawn out being illustrated by dotted lines; and Fig. 3 is a sectional view', on an enlarged scale, illustrating the spring-catch confining the hinged back of the sofa. V

vA-A represent the stationary ends, E the seat, and B the back, of the sofa. The stationary ends are made in two sections or panels, the one, b, in line with the back being comparatively narrow and higher than the front section, a, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. The back is hinged at its lower edge between the sections b b, so that its upper edge may swing back and bring the inner surface of the back to a level horizontally with the seat of the sofa. (See dotted lines in Fig. 2.)

stationary ends.

0 is the longitudinal outer rail of an open the sectionsb b. (See Fig. 2.) These uprights are the counterparts in size and appearance of the uprights at the front edges of the front sections, a a, of the stationary ends A A. Secondary end pieces F F, the duplicates in size and appearance of the sections a a of the stationary end pieces, .are hinged at their lower ends to the end pieces of the drawer D, so as to open out in line with the uprights E E closely between said uprights and the edges ofthesections b b of the stationary ends, and

The hinged back B of the sofa is confined and supported in its elevated position by means of catches G G, each constructed of a catch-lever pivoted (see Fig. 3) at its inner end in a recess upon the inner face of. the stationary end piece b, so that its outer end shall project outwardly beyond the edge of said piece, an offset or arm, to, being made to project from the near end of the lever at a right angle withits length to engage and support the hinged back. The lever is forced outwardly tocause its offset or arm 10 to. engage the outer edgeef the back by means of a spring, R. (See Fig. 3.) The outer end of the catch-lever projects outwardly in line to be struck by the. inner edge of the upper endof the secondaryend piece F as it is swung up into line with the When thus struck by the end piece F, the catch G is forced in from the back B, (see dotted lines, Fig. 3,) so that the latter is left free to drop down uponits hinges to the level of the seat, its outer end being supported when on this level by the outerrail, G, of the drawer-frame. Instead of employing a separate spring, R, to actuate the catch-lever, said lever may itself be made as a straight spring. lhe space in the drawer beneath the secondary end pieces F F and between their ends when they are folded down serves as a convenient receptacle for the bedding. Each end of the sofa is furnished with cushions adapted to serve as pillows, and when the sofa is opened out as a bed the pillow from one end is placed alongside of the opposite pillow to complete the make-up of the bed.

I do not claim as new a sofa-bed with a hinged back adapted to drop back to a level with the seat; nor do I claim a drawer pulling out rearwardly from under the sofa to afford a support for the back when dropped to a level; but

I claim as my invention 1. In a sofa-bed, the combination, with the main frame provided with the seat E, stationary end pieces A A, and a back, B, hinged to swing down between said end pieces to a level with the seat, of a drawer, D, made to slide ontto support the-back when it is dropped and provided with end pieces F F, hinged thereto to swing up into line with the stationary ends A A of the frame when the drawer is opened, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

2. In a sofa-bed, the combination, with a main frame provided with the seat E, stationary end pieces A A, back B, hinged to swing down between said end pieces to a level with the seat, and a drawer, D, provided with the hinged end pieces F F, of spring-catches G G, projecting from said stationary endpieces A A, to engage and support the back B when elevated, and to be retracted therefrom to release the back by the turning up of the hinged end pieces F F on the open drawer, all substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

1, In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CARL F. GLAGGEN.

Vitnesses:

A. B. MOORE, It. G. PHILLIPS. 

